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In the fall of 1988, the Duke women's soccer team began its first season and finished 10-6-1. Four years later, it competed for the national championship against North Carolina.
When the New York Mets entered the major leagues in 1962, they were composed of a bunch of has-beens, old timers and should-be minor leaguers.
Takisha Jones was a skinny, 6-1 freshman high school cheerleader when she was spotted by her high school's varsity girl's basketball coach, Edward Pellman. In Jones, Pellman saw someone better suited for another activity.
The baseball team will look to stop a four-game losing streak this weekend when it travels down Tobacco Road for a three-game series against North Carolina. The Blue Devils enter the matchup with a respectable overall record of 25-15, but with a unimpressive Atlantic Coast Conference mark of 4-12.
There is nothing more exciting for a college baseball player than the opportunity to play in a professional ballpark--especially one that just opened three days ago.
The prettiest thing about the baseball team's weekend series against Georgia Tech was the new Durham Bulls Athletic Park, where the Blue Devils lost 10-5 on Sunday. The Yellow Jackets scored a total of 29 runs in beating Duke three times this weekend, including Friday's 9-3 win and Saturday's 10-2 victory.
In a year when professional baseball has been plagued with arguments between owners and players over monetary issues, fans have come to believe there are no longer baseball players who simply play for "the love of the game."
From the looks of the scoreboard at Jack Coombs Field--which announced a 11-3 Duke win--it would seem that the baseball team had few problems with the Howard Bison. But looks can be deceiving, as Tuesday's game was anything but easy.
During the past three seasons, the Duke baseball team has won a total of 110 games, but it has never received an invitation to the NCAA regionals. Even last season, when the team finished second in the Atlantic Coast Conference at 16-8, the Blue Devils were locked out of the big dance.
The baseball team faced a dose of reality this spring break when it entered conference play. The Blue Devils started the break by upping their winning streak to 16 games, but ran into trouble later, losing five of their last seven contests.
The baseball team will face some of its toughest competition to date when it opens the Atlantic Coast Conference season with a three-game series this weekend against No. 6 Clemson and another against No. 24 North Carolina State on Mar. 17-19.
Spring training--it's one of those traditions that every baseball fan relishes. The thought of seeing a team's new faces and upcoming prospects brings a smile to fans of all ages . . .
When the women's basketball team began the 1994-95 season, one of the team's goals was to win 20 games. Duke first had the chance to capture that 20th win at home on Feb. 20, when it played Clemson. The Blue Devils lost that game 88-82 in overtime.
Before she began ninth grade, Tyish Hall decided on a whim to attend a basketball camp.
When the men's basketball team hits the Cameron Indoor Stadium floor tonight at 9 p.m. against Florida State, the Blue Devils won't be playing for the Atlantic Coast Conference title. They won't even be playing for a higher seed in the ACC Tournament. All they will be playing for is their second league win and a positive way to wind down a frustrating season.
Even before he stepped onto the campus of Duke University, senior center Erik Meek had learned one of life's most valuable lessons--you can't look back on the past.
The scoreboard at the end of Saturday afternoon's game read "WAKE FOREST: 62, DUKE: 61." What it should have said was "Randolph Childress: 5, Duke: 0."
To remember the last time the wrestling team defeated Clemson, you would have to go back to 1977, when disco was king and Carter was president.
If you're looking to meet a diver with international experience, you won't have to wait until 1996 to travel to the Olympics. All you need to do is go down to the Duke Aquatic Center and meet sophomore Peter Mackrill.
There's an old and recycled sports cliche which claims that when two arch-rivals meet, all records and stats are thrown out the window.
